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Repeated vaccination against COVID-19 can improve public health outcomes

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A recent study published in medRxiv* preprint server suggests that repeated vaccination at frequent intervals could improve coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine efficacy and pandemic trajectory. She studies: The impact of vaccination frequency on COVID-19 public health outcomes: A model-based analysis. Image Credit: M-Photos/Shutterstock Background COVID-19 vaccines, developed in record time and speed, have shown …

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Changes coming to South Heartland Health vaccine clinics

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HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) — South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) Executive Director Michele Bever announced upcoming changes to the Hastings COVID-19 vaccine clinic and stressed importance of getting bivalent booster to protect against serious illness, hospitalization and death from complications of COVID-19. Bever said the location and hours of the South Heartland COVID-19 vaccine clinic …

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It has been three years since the first case of Covid-19 in the United States. What have we learned and what else do we need to understand?

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Cnn — It has been three years since the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in the United States on January 20, 2020. Since then, nearly 1.1 million Americans have died from the coronavirus; the United States has reported 102 million cases of Covid, more than any other country, according to Johns Hopkins University. Both …

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Why Greg Abbott Won’t End Texas’ COVID Public Health Disaster Declaration

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Sign up for The Brief, the Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up-to-date on the biggest Texas news stories. Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday that his pandemic-era public health disaster declaration, which gave him powers unprecedented in the past 1,049 days, will remain in effect until state lawmakers pass laws banning the restrictions. related …

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Promoting the One Health approach could significantly improve human-animal health and environmental integrity

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In a recent study published in The Lancetresearchers have pursued contemporary evidence of how One Health approaches could improve health security on a global scale against unprecedented health risks, such as that posed by the coronavirus pandemic 2019 (COVID-19). Study: Advancing One Human-Animal-Environment Health for Global Health Security: What Does the Evidence Say? Image credit: …

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Researchers evaluate health-related quality of life data obtained retrospectively from COVID-19 patients

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In a recent study published in the medRxiv* Preprint servers, Investigators evaluated retrospective EQ-5D-5L data collection among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Study: Retrospective collection evaluation of EQ-5D-5L in US patients with COVID-19. Image Credit: PopTika/Shutterstock Background Studies have highlighted the effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection that extends beyond clinical outcomes. To fully understand the …

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New York GOP calls on Hochul to scrap vaccine mandate for health care workers

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Republicans in New York’s congressional delegation are demanding that Gov. Kathy Hochul cancel COVID-19 vaccine mandates for health care workers to address a shortage of nurses in hospitals and nursing homes. “The evidence is clear. The staffing shortage affecting New York’s healthcare sector is a crisis and must be addressed,” Rep. Claudia Tenney said in …

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Japan considers the downgrade of Covid-19 to be on the same level as the seasonal flu

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Tokyo Cnn — Japan will consider downgrading Covid-19 to the same category as seasonal flu this spring, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Friday. Kishida said he has instructed health ministry officials to discuss the move and that his administration will also review rules on masks and other pandemic measures. “In order to further advance …

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CDC identifies possible safety issue with Pfizer’s updated Covid-19 vaccine, but says people should still be boosted

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Cnn — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that there is a possible safety concern with the bivalent Covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech, but that it is unlikely to pose any real risk. The agency said it continues to recommend people stay up-to-date with Covid-19 vaccines. The CDC …

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How worried should people be about the XBB.1.5 variant of Covid? Our medical analyst explains

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Cnn — A new variant of Covid-19, XBB.1.5, is spreading rapidly in the United States. In December 2022, the percentage of new Covid-19 infections due to this offshoot of Omicron increased from 4 percent to 18 percent, according to a Jan. 6 release from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is expected …

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